Berlin. Polpredlaga[y] Brodovsky

Find out exactly what is the state of Sokolnikov's health. Obtain a doctor's certificate as to whether he will now be able to endure a long journey. Reassure Sokolnikov that it is now not a question of a trip to Turkestan, but a distant business trip abroad, but that this requires the ability to work at least a few hours a day in good conditions. Reply immediately and put the matter in such a way that the original of the most detailed report of the doctors and their prescriptions for the sick or cured person is sent to the CECA here about each person treated in Germany.

Lenin.1*

Fond 2, op. 1, d. 27052 - autographs of V.I.Lenin and N.B.Krasina.

1* "Answer... Lenin" - written by V.I.Lenin, before this text was written by N.B.Krasina.

1The acting representative of the RSFSR in Germany, S.I.Brodovsky, sent a telegram to V.I.Lenin on October 14, 1921, in which he informed him that G.Y.Sokolnikov was recovering after a serious operation, but that he needed treatment for 4-6 weeks according to the doctors' appointment and that a detailed report from the doctor of the RSFSR representation in Germany would be sent by courier. On the telegram Lenin wrote an order to the secretary: "Remind me when this report will arrive" (RCCHIDNI, f. 2, op. 1, d. 24655). However, at a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) on October 14, at the suggestion of Stalin Sokolnikov was appointed chairman of the Turkestan Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) and the Commission on Turkestan Affairs (RCCHIDNI, f. 17, op. 3, d. 215, l. 2). Before Sokolnikov's return to Russia, A.A. Ioffe was appointed chairman of both institutions.